DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1725Z July 14, 2024
SMOKE: Canada/United States/Southern Mexico/Gulf of Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Atlantic Ocean... A significant amount of mixed density smoke attributed to a combination of seasonal fire activity throughout the Southeastern United States and numerous wildfires throughout northern Canada, Washington State, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming Utah and Arizona was observed this morning over an extensive area including northern Canada, the majority of the Continental U.S. and parts of southern Mexico and the Pacific Ocean off the West Coast of the U.S. and Mexico. This mixed density smoke was seen extending east through the entirety of Canada from the Yukon Province into the Labrador Sea before extending further east into the Northern Atlantic Ocean just off coastlines of Western Europe. Areas of moderate to thick density smoke was seen moving east along the southern border of the Northwest Territories and the northern borders of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan while areas of moderate to light density remnant smoke were observed extending south from the Canada-U.S. Border through the majority of the U.S. and into the Gulf of Mexico. Western United States... Moderate to thick density smoke was observed this morning covering a widespread area throughout the Western United States. This area of moderate density smoke was seen extending northeast from the Pacific Ocean off the northern coastline of California into Oregon, where it was then seen extending as far east as central South Dakota. Areas of thick density smoke were observed where the Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota borders meet. The moderate and thick density smoke observed in this region is attributed to the numerous amount of ongoing and newly onset wildfires located throughout Washington State, Oregon, central California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah. Idaho... A moderate sized wildfire located in southeastern Idaho was seen emitting moderate smoke within the larger area of moderate to thick smoke observed throughout the Western U.S.; a large amount of cloud cover was present in the area this morning preventing a more detailed analysis, however, it is likely that thicker density smoke is being concealed. DUST: A moderate amount of Saharan dust was observed over the Atlantic Ocean with light amounts of Saharan dust seen over the majority of the Caribbean Sea. Willkens THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov